Yang Hung-duen

Yang Hung-duen
楊弘敦
Yang in 2014
Minister of Science and Technology of the Republic of China
In office 20 May 2016 – 7 February 2017
Deputy	Tsai Mi-ching, Chiu Jeng-jiann
Vice	Chen Ter-shing
Preceded by	Shyu Jyuo-min
Succeeded by	Chen Liang-gee
President of National Sun Yat-sen University
In office October 2008 – 19 May 2016
Preceded by	Chang Tsung-jen (張宗仁)
Succeeded by	Wu Chi-hua (吳濟華)
Deputy Minister of National Science Council of the Republic of China
In office 2006–2008
Minister	Maw-Kuen Wu Chen Chien-jen Lee Lou-chuang
Preceded by	Liao Chun-cheng (廖俊臣)
Succeeded by	Lih-Juann Chen [zh]
Personal details
Born	3 September 1965 (1965-09-03) (age 58) Meinong, Kaohsiung County, Taiwan
Alma mater	National Taiwan Normal University Iowa State University

Yang Hung-duen (traditional Chinese: 楊弘敦; simplified Chinese: 杨弘敦; pinyin: Yáng Hóngdūn; born 3 September 1965) is a Taiwanese physicist. Yang was the president of National Sun Yat-sen University from 2008 to 2016, when he was selected to lead the Ministry of Science and Technology.